How the grantee used this instrument:
This survey was mailed to the families of nursing home residents who had died
within the month. Those in group A were the control, while those in group B
received team intervention from the Genesis ElderCare Research Project. Follow-up
phone calls were made to both groups to urge completion and elicit concerns.

Keywords:nursing home, long-term care, after death interview, caregiver perception
of care, caregiver survey, satisfaction survey, family perception of care, nursing
home, family members

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source.

References:
Developed by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Genesis
Palliative Care Center for this project.

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Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care was a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.